Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-12
DAILY HERALD.
THR CONSPIRACY CASE.
Hhe Defense Examine several
Witmesscs.

rhe pesense Examine several
Witnesses.
The conspiracy case against Andrew
Burns and G. b. Simpson was contir,
ued yesterday morning. Mr.. Knight
was plsced on the stand and testified tc
the same facts as published in yester.
davis HERALD. Upon the conclusion oi
his testimony the prosecution rested and
<he Court was asked to dismiss the
charges, bat Justice Austin refused to
rule on the matter before he had heard
the testimony for the defense.
J. w. Buster was then placed on the
stand for the defense. He testified that
he had known Mr.. Knight some time;
that Knight had told him he had
boupht $4,000 worth OF diamonds
cbeap and that he had been forced to
c;ve them M. He also stated that he
Ind never heard Simpson propose to sell
knight gold brick, but that the ousi-
ness which was to have been TRANSACTED
was about marble quarry.
Theodore Zsigler testified that he re-
membered having conversation Mtn
johnson about gold brick. lie ola not
recognize Burns as Johnson. About De-
cem6er stranger bought some cigars
and commenced a conversation and asked
n witness had ever been engaged in the
gold mining business, and afterwards
asked if Zeigler wanted to invest some
money. He had gold brick whicn ne
had brought from Mexico. After TINS
statement the witness told almost the
same story which Sherman told on the
witness stand. Sherman had showed
him the shavings, which he SAID ne haa
bored from the brick, and which ne hao
assayed the next day. Witness had only
sbeeli able to furnish $3.50. When they
got back with the brick Sherman haa
Said was it not the same he had pofea'
Thev tested it with acid which witness
had bought while Sherman and simpson
vere GONE. When Sherman said that,
thev cut off q piece and put the acid
upon it and it evaporsted.
The next witness was MIR. Hawthorne,
who stated that Mr.. Burns came into MS
office and said he knew man who mad
some gold for sale. He wanted witness
and Simpson and Burns to ,ell 1t Tor
him and gave him ten pei
cent. Barns set a time 1or US "
90 and see it. He wanted an
advance, but witness and simpson saio
they did not make advances. Burn.
went away and afterward came back and
made an arrangement to 60 and see int
gold nugget which the man had. Ihe
oross.examination did not develop any
new matter.
Andrew Burn, testified that he hao
met a man who had gold brick who
had made him reccllect that he knew
him in Arizona. This man asked him Il
he wanted to make little money; thai
he had q piece of gold he wanted to sell
Burns said he would see about it, and he
vent and saw Simpson and Hawthorne
aud had asked them If they dio no
want to speculate. They wanted t'
know what kind of transaction 1t wa
and he had told them that it was almos
like buying money. He then statee
chat they arranged to give him ten Pc
cent if they concluded to take hold OF 1t
They arranged to meet that evening ant
before that time lie had met the maj
with the brick and had arranged t
bring Simp on and Hawthorne. HI
name was Charley Johnson. Burns hat
never seen the brick. After introducing
the parties he had not paid much atten
ton to the conversation but he hat
heard something said about security
The man who had the brick said h
would not let it go without security, ant
afterwards, the next day, Simpson SAL!
they did not want anything to DO Will
It. After that he did not see Simpson
again for seven or eight days, on which
occasion Simpson had suggested that h'
should see the party again. Simpson
hal said he had talked to another party
about going in with him and wanted te
know whether it would be all right.
Mr. Francis was introduced to him and
wanted to know how much money it
would require. Francis had called him
johnson, but he did not correct him
although he had started to do so. He
then saw Charley and made arrange
ments to meet at the bridge and see the
brick. They met that evening and
went to the river and had bored the
brick. Charley asked $500 for the
brick, and Simpson and Francis said
they could tell better after they had had
the shavings tested. The next day
Francis said the borings were good but
he did not think he could raise the
money. When Burns had seen Charley
again he had acted as if he was angry.
Charley told him that if the parties had
not enough money he would take $1,000
down and the rest when they bad dis
posed of it. At this point the court
adjourned and the examination will pro.
badly be concluded this morning.